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Audrey Truschke is assistant professor of South Asian History at Rutgers University, US

Shekhar Gupta is editor-in-chief of the Indian Express. This is an edited excerpt from the introduction to Anticipating India: The Best of National Interest, a compilation of his columns (HarperCollins, 480 pages, Rs 799)

A Magsaysay Award winner in journalism, Shourie is a prolific author and a former Union minister

Parul Sharma, a New Delhi-based fine art photographer, took over 3,000 photographs of Delhi under lockdown for a black-and-white photo documentary book to be published by Roli Books in August

Sukkriti Nath is an intern at Open Magazine

Anoop Mahajan is an atmospheric chemist at the Centre for Climate Change Research, Pune